Ed Hanes

The 2013 Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County awards were presented last week to Lynn and Barry Eisenberg, Festival Stage and State Rep. Edward Hanes Jr. The N.C. Black Repertory Company’s Sylvia Sprinkle-Hamlin presented the Arts...

Controversial bill has support among Dems and the GOP Some call it opportunity; others say it’s anything but. House Bill 944, otherwise known as the Opportunity Scholarship Act, has been the source of controversy and debate on both sides of the...

City welcomes members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority The ladies of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. received a warm Winston-Salem welcome at the Benton Convention Center last Thursday, the opening day of AKA’s four-day Mid-Atlantic Regional...

Marchers stand for voting rights Local residents took a page from the 1960s Sunday, taking to downtown streets for a silent march to protest measures being considered by the state legislature that could deny minorities their right to vote....

Cheryl Lindsay has been appointed chair of the RiverRun International Film Festival. The Hanesbrands executive and community advocate will lead a board that also includes newcomers Barry Maine, a professor of English at Wake Forest University;...

The Republican Party further secured its stronghold on North Carolina after last week’s election. When the General Assembly opens its 2013 session in January, the GOP will hold 32 of the 50 seats in the North Carolina Senate and 76 of the 120...

The crowd leapt to its feet at the Millennium Center Tuesday night when Elisabeth Motsinger took to the stage. Motsinger, a Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School Board member, lost her bid to boot Republican Virginia Foxx from the U.S. House Fifth...

On Nov. 4, 2008, many Americans shared, for the first time, an unbelievable calm, pride, and, yes, hope in our country. For a moment, we dared to believe that a “colored” man born of a white American mother and black African father and raised by...

Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce members got up close and personal with candidates for the North Carolina House and Senate Tuesday during a luncheon at the Hawthorne Inn. The event adopted the speed dating model. Candidates were placed at...

Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton rallied local supporters last week during a visit to Forsyth County Democratic Headquarters. The Democratic nominee for governor has been crisscrossing the state to drum up support. Most polls show that he trails...